Here are the restaurants and other food facilities closed by health inspectors in Riverside County between Nov. 2 and 8, 2018, according to the county’s Department of Environmental Health. If no reopening date is mentioned, the department had not listed that facility as reopened as of this publication.

Reason for closure:Cockroach infestation. The inspector saw several live roaches under the food-prep table and a sink and in a storage area. There were no other critical violations but numerous lesser violations, including for the person in charge at the time of the inspection being “unable to answer any questions pertaining to food preparation/kitchen procedures”; for having a leak in the walk-in freezer that was dripping into an unsealed bag of raw chicken (the chicken was discarded); for another leak at a sink, whose water had been turned off; and for having several bottles of water infused with CBD, a non-intoxicating cannabis compound, in a cooler (the operator said they were for personal consumption). Additionally, an unapproved non-commercial oven that wasn’t connected or in use was impounded.

Reason for closure: Failing an inspection while on probation. Three critical violations contributed to the low score: Two buckets of beans made the night before hadn’t yet cooled, and were discarded. Carnitas cooked on a previous day hadn’t been reheated in a safe method, and were discarded. Soiled dishes and utensils were stacked up on or next to clean items. The restaurant had been on probation after failing three inspections in 2017; this is the first time it has been temporarily shut down.

Reopening date: Nov. 8, after the facility passed a reinspection and the owner attended an administrative hearing and purchased a new health permit

Reason for closure:Rodent infestation. The inspector saw rodent droppings on the floor in several places including in the dry storage area, near the cookline and next to the walk-in cooler. Additionally, the water to both handwashing sinks in the kitchen was turned off because they were leaking.

Reason for closure:Cockroach infestation. The inspector saw several roaches under cooking equipment and sinks. There were two other critical violations: Multiple items in a prep cooler weren’t kept cold enough, and a cutting board wasn’t washed properly after an employee picked up a box of chicken that had been on the floor and put it down on the board (that series of events led to three separate violations totaling seven lost points).

Reason for closure:Cockroach infestation. The inspector saw live roaches under a sink, crawling on a utensil on a shelf over the sink and on the floor and wall in a food storage room, as well as dead roaches throughout the facility. There were two other critical violations: Several items of food weren’t being kept hot or cold enough, and multiple tubs of cooked noodles cooked the night before weren’t cooled safely and were discarded.

Reopening date: Nov. 9

New grade: 100/A, passing

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with the reopening date and new score of Mr. You Chinese Food.

Non-closure inspections of note

Here are facilities that weren’t closed but had other significant issues in their inspections.

The Indio Super 8 motel, at 81753 Highway 111 in Indio, was ordered to stop making and serving waffles during an inspection Nov. 8 in which it scored a failing grade of 85/B. Its permit is only for serving prepackaged food; it also did not have hot water or the sinks required to serve prepared food.

Updates from last week

A correction: In the section on facilities that weren’t closed but had significant issues, the restaurant that scored an 83/B and had an ice machine “inundated with black/brown mold” should have been listed as Events Sports Grill, at 10560 Magnolia Ave. Suite A in Riverside. Due to a data-entry error by the health department, it was mixed up with Shooters Sports & Grill on Indiana Avenue in Riverside, whose current score is actually a 95/A.

About this list

The county routinely inspects and grades all facilities that handle open, non-pre-packaged food. An A grade (90 to 100 points) is passing. Grades of B (80-89 points) and C (79 or below) are failing and typically require the proprietor to make improvements and be re-inspected. A facility may be closed temporarily because of a major violation that can’t immediately be fixed.

This list is published online on Fridays. Any updates as restaurants are reopened will be included in next week’s list. For more information on inspections of these or any restaurants in Riverside County, visit restaurantgrading.rivcoeh.org. To submit a health complaint about a restaurant, go to www.rivcoeh.org/Complaint or call 888-722-4234 during business hours or 951-782-2968 after-hours.

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Nikie Johnson is a data reporter for Southern California News Group, using numbers and public records to uncover meaningful stories. If she can color-code a spreadsheet, it’s a good day. Previously she was breaking news editor for SCNG’s Inland newspapers (The Press-Enterprise, the Sun, the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin and the Redlands Daily Facts) and all sorts of things for the P-E before that (web/social editor, Hemet bureau editor, copy editor, salsa maker in chief). She’s a proud University of Houston alumna and a native Nebraska Cornhusker.